Day passenger currency §61.57(a)
3 takeoffs and 3 landings in the preceding 90 days (same category, class, and type if required). If the airplane has a tailwheel, §61.57(a)(1)(ii) requires those landings to be to a full stop in a tailwheel airplane.
Night passenger currency §61.57(b)
3 takeoffs and 3 full-stop landings at night (1 hr after sunset to 1 hr before sunrise) in the preceding 90 days.
Instrument (IFR) currency §61.57(c)
6 approaches, holding, and intercepting/tracking within the 6 calendar months preceding the month of the flight.
This checker cannot see your logbook, so it does not verify the 6 approaches, the holding, and the intercepting/tracking — it assumes you have them and dates the window from the earliest of them, because that is the task that leaves the window first.
This is an estimate from the dates you enter — not a determination of your currency. You are solely responsible for determining your currency and legality to fly under 14 CFR §61.57.
What a currency proof is — and why it matters
Under 14 CFR §61.51, you must document the aeronautical experience used to meet the recency-of-experience requirements of §61.57 — and present those records on request. An FBO, flight school, or insurer that lets you rent or fly their aircraft has a legitimate business reason to verify you are current, and the way they do it is by looking at your logbook.
A currency proof is a one-page summary of your own logbook records — your §61.57(a) day, §61.57(b) night, and §61.57(c) instrument currency, plus your totals — formatted so you can hand it to a counter or email it to an underwriter. It is a summary of your own records, not an FAA document and not a determination that you are legally current; you remain responsible for that under §61.57.
The checker above estimates your currency from the dates you type. In AeroCopilot, the proof is generated from the same records your logbook uses, so the printed sheet can never disagree with what you see in the app — passenger day and night, IFR, category/class/type, and your totals, on one page you can print or save.
Night currency has a catch worth knowing: §61.57(b) night takeoffs and landings must be to a full stop during the period from 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise — touch-and-goes count for day currency but not night.
Tailwheel airplanes carry one more condition. Touch-and-goes do count toward day currency in a nosewheel airplane, but §61.57(a)(1)(ii) adds that if the airplane to be flown is an airplane with a tailwheel, the takeoffs and landings must have been made to a full stop in an airplane with a tailwheel. So three touch-and-goes in a Champ or a Cub do not make you current to carry anyone in it.
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Print a currency proof from your logbook
Log your flights and AeroCopilot tracks §61.57 currency automatically — then prints the one-page proof for your FBO, school, or insurer. Included in every plan.
An honest currency record
AeroCopilot helps you track your recency of experience, but you are solely responsible for determining your currency and legality to fly under 14 CFR §61.57.
Currency proof questions, answered
What is a pilot currency proof?
A currency proof is a one-page summary of your own logbook records — your §61.57 day, night, and IFR currency plus totals — formatted for an FBO, flight school, or insurer. It is a summary of your records, not an FAA document, and you remain responsible for determining your legality to fly under §61.57.